Waffle-iron.



R. 0. BINGHAM.

' WAFILE IRON. J APPLICATION FILED JULY 10,1909.

950,090, Patented Feb.22,191d.

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Tooll whom it. may concern:

Be it -known that I, .ltonnizr O. BINGHAM,

1 a resident of Sidney,in the county .of Shelby and State of Ohio, have invented :certain new and useful Improvements in Wellies Irons; and I 'ing to be a full, clear, and exact description ,of-the invention, such as will enable others I skilled-in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

do hereby declare the follow This invention relates to .va'tiledrons, and the object of the invention is tosimplit'y and "improve suehdeviees of the general eharac- U ter/set forth in my -l?at-ents Nos. 479,731, of

\ July 26,'1892,-and 569,444, Oct. 13,1596.

'lh invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly point- In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention and. forms part of the specificatiom-ldgure 1 is a plan view of the device, the pans being closed; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of one pan detached; Flg. 4 is a partial enlarged section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2: Fig. 5 is a partial plan View, and Fig. 6 a section on. line 66 of ll ig. 5 showing a modification of the handle en 'agingdevices.

In thedrawing numeral 1 denotes a metal watlle-iron-supporting-ring, open at top and bottom, and adapted to be placed over a flame or heater, and having a bail 2; also a ball-socket 3 in one side oi the ring. These parts as thus described are the same as in my patented construction. In the present ring, opposite socket 3, is a notch 4, the bottom of which is flat and horizontal, for a purpose hereinafter described. The sides of the notch may spread a little,'and at the top may terminate in rounded ears 5.

The wall'le iron comprises two ans 6 which are in all respects alike, that IS, they are duplicates of each other, and not rights and lefts, as in my old form,-. and the descri tion of one pan will apply to either. Eaei pan has a body of suitable form and surface, and has at one side half-ball bearing extension 7, the flat side of which is at right angles to the plane of the body. Diametrieally opposite said extension is a projecting handle comprising. a shank 8 and a wood or other handle-part4). On the front side of the handle shank is formed, preferably in the casting, an elongated lug or projection 10, and symmetrically beside the lug asoeket 11, of proper size to receive a lug 1 ,10 of a duplicate handle when two pans are l assembled for use. When two pans. are

handle fit and engage with those of the other, and owing to the length of the projectiol'lsand-sockets the pans will be held paral- I lel and in proper relation so that the two i half-balls'T together form a ball adltpted to tit and turn in the socket l connection between the halves of the ball,

and the top pan canbe lifted bodily" from the lower one without raising the lower pan,

and without first turning the pans to vertic-a1 position. The upper pan alone can be ttilted upward by its handle; orboth pans I can be raised to such position by their handies and turned together. This is sometimes l necessarywhen the device is used over a gasolene 01' zsin'iilar burner, in order to give room for the pans to turn (as it would be free to do over a cover opening of aYs tove) when ring 1 is narrow, as shown., -In.: praetiec rings designed specially for alse with such burners may he made sufiieiently high to permit the pans to turn when in horizontal position thereon.

The handle shank 8' is substantially rectangular in cross section, and about twice as wide as thick. The shanks rest in notch 4 as most clearly shown in Fig. 4. From the construction described it follows that when the pans are in use the user can reversethem byturning either to the right or tothe left, without the necessity of looking 'or feeling to learn-which way to turn, as required in my old' device.

In the improved device there is no positive stop for the pans when turned 180 degrees. By omitting such steps, and dependmg on the angular form of the handleshanks, and of the notch 4, the pans,may be turned forward and backward alternately, or in the same direction repeatedly, without any attention or thought to the dit'ection, which is a great advantage. The lower handle in the notch 4 holds the pans in position poses, and allows the pans to be turned with suflicient' ease in either direction.

. The wood parts of the handles are so formed and mounted that when the ans are closed the handles bear against eaci other, so that they may be both grasped firmly by one hand without any tendency to separate i placed face to face the lug and socket of one- .lihere is no I v v Specification of Letterslatent. P t t 22, 1910,

Application filed July 10, 1909. Serial No. 506,979.

with sufficient foiiC' for all practical purthe parts of the ball at the opposite edge'of the pans. The wood handles are shown flattened on their aroxi'nate sides for this reaecause of this construction son, and it is dles to fit said notch, the handles each having both a projection and a socket adapted to coiiperate with a duplicate socket and projection of the other handle whereby. said that'the' half balls of the bearing need no, handles are engaged to hold the pans in positive connection except their location ii t/ alinelne'nt, and all pans are interchangeable. p p

the bearing socket.

' A waflie roii comprising two duplicate While elongatedprojections and sockets pans each having a bearing prqection, and

are'preferred, in some cases one or more pins 10 and sockets 11 may be usedinstead. J Having described the invention What 1. In' a device of the character described, the combination with a support comprising a ring *having a socket adapted to form bearing, and having opposite the socket each pan having a handle, the proximate I jection and a "socket corresponding to like darts of the other handle, whereby the hanles are engaged to holdthe pans'in alinement and all pans are interchangeable.

a, y 4. The combination with a support having a a' bearing socket, ofa wattle-iron comprising notchhaving afiat substantially horizontal two duplicate pans each having a bearing bottom, of waflle pans free to turn in either i direction, each having a projecting half- 1 adapted-to fit the bearing-socket, the two bearing, which together form a bearing propans being adapted to turn entirely around ection for said socket, said pans having l in either direction in-said support, and each Y andles with flat sides adapted to loosely fit )saidnoteh and the bearing sidnbeing su .stantially 'horiiontal to rest on said flat bottom of said notch to temporarily hold the pans in-set position but permitting turning in either ClllQCtlOIl while the handles a C bearing on the bottom of tlienotch.

2., In a device of the character described, ing. witnesses. the combination w th a support comprising a ring having; a socket adapted to form bearing, and having opposite the socket notch, of duplicate wattle pans having ha projection, which together form a bearing pan having a handle opposite the bearing, b-" eaehhandle having both a projection and a socket adapted to co iperate with like parts on the other handle, the proximate sides 0 the handles resting together, 'as ,set'forth. re In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribt ROBERT O'. BINGHAM. a Witnesses: a C. M. CATLIN, f n-. H- O- sides of the handles each having both a pro-' 

